By taking time to learn more about Avid FX and the BCC filters, it is possible to save a lot of time doing effects. Those two applications work from within Avid MC. You don't need to export to a 3rd party application and then re-import with all the dangers of reversing field order etc. etc. As my...
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A feature found in Liquid done at the click of a button can also be done in MC. BUT it takes a little more than the click of a button. However it is only a question of milliseconds in time difference between the two. Try it! With a little practice you will soon get the hang of it. Good luck! Regards...
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I have no specific reason for making this tutorial, other than I needed one more to finish off the series. Hopefully it will inspire some of you to take a look at different uses for the Toggl Source/Record button. Regards, Douglas This tutorial can be viewed at "Full-screen" by clicking on...
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It is quite easy to forget which filters you had originally after installing Media Composer and which filters are new ones that have been added after installing 3rd party applications. Hopefully this short Tutorial will help you decide if your installations have succeeded or not. Regards, Douglas This...
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A strange mix of information that may not be so obvious to newcomers. Also an idea about how to get started learning Keyboard shortcuts and using the Keyboard rather than Dragging & Dropping. Regards, Douglas This tutorial can be viewed at "Full-screen" by clicking on the icon on the toolbar
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This is the eleventh in a series of 12 Tutorials on Sonic DVDitPro HD. This application is equivalent to Avid DVD. As the series I am uploading here is a "repackage" of a series I made for Sonic BD Powerstation users, there may be mentions of other Sonic applications. However the content is...
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It is one of those very simple things that are not always obvious to newcomers. Also, from version 4 of MC, the way of choosing individual clip colours has a new dialogue box. So let's revisit some of the ways of adding colour to your timeline. Regards, Douglas This tutorial can be viewed at "Full...
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When I was getting started with MC I took quite a bit of time customising my workspace. Imagine my frustration when I opened MC the following day to find that the windows and bins were all over the place again! Here is one way to make sure this doesn't happen to you. Regards, Douglas This tutorial...
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It is not easy to give up comfortable routines. One of the biggest obstacles to newcomers to Media Composer is to try and understand that 3-point keyboard editing is far more accurate and much quicker than drag & drop editing - AFTER you have spent a lot of time learning it! Regards, Douglas This...
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This is a topic which pops up from time to time on the Avid forums. There are plenty of different methods to choose from. This is one way that I was introduced to. Taking into account that I am tone deaf, totally non-musical and could not keep in time with a bass drum, I think I did a reasonable job...
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